Michael Krüger (born 9 December 1943) is a German writer, publisher and translator.

Michael Krüger was born in 1943 inWittgendorf,Saxony, Germany.^[1] He grew up inBerlin.^[2]

After completing secondary schooling, he was apprenticed to apublisher and later studied philosophy and literature.^[1]

From 1962 to 1965 Krüger worked as abookseller inLondon.^[2]

From 1968 he worked as an editor at the publishing houseCarl Hanser Verlag, becoming director in 1986. He was also head of fiction publishing.^[1]

In 1972 he published his first poems, with his first collection,Reginapoly, appearing in 1976 and his first collection of storiesWas tun: Eine altmodische Geschichte (What shall we do: An old-fashioned story) in 1984. Several stories, novels and translations followed.^[1]

Krüger's work has garnered many important accolades, including the 1986Toucan Prize and the 1996Prix Médicis étranger.^{[citation needed]}

Krüger wrote the introduction to the 2010New York Review of Books edition ofJakov Lind'sSoul of Wood.^{[citation needed]}

From 1975 he became a jury member of the European literary awardPetrarca-Preis.^{[citation needed]}

He is also a juror for theZbigniew Herbert International Literary Award.^[3][4]

• Krüger, Michael; Drawert, Kurt (2001).Archive des Zweifels : Gedichte aus drei Jahrzehnten (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.ISBN 3-518-39795-8.OCLC 50474040.
• —— (2003).Kurz vor dem Gewitter : Gedichte (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.ISBN 3-518-41456-9.OCLC 52911248.
• —— (2007).Die Turiner Komödie Bericht eines Nachlaßverwalters ; Roman (in German).ISBN 978-3-518-45876-1.OCLC 180151476.
• —— (2007).Unter freiem Himmel : Gedichte (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.ISBN 978-3-518-41912-0.OCLC 173071346.
• —— (2008).Reden und Einwürfe : Gedichte (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Insel.ISBN 978-3-458-19309-8.OCLC 262889460.
• —— (2010).Ins Reine : Gedichte (in German). Berlin: Suhrkamp.ISBN 978-3-518-42168-0.OCLC 657596926.
• —— (2013).Umstellung der Zeit : Gedichte (in German).ISBN 978-3-518-42394-3.OCLC 856902497.
• —— (2016)."Hellwach gehe ich schlafen" hundert Gedichte (in German).ISBN 978-3-518-46722-0.OCLC 962180677.
• —— (2017).Das falsche Haus eine Novelle (in German). Berlin: Suhrkamp Verlag.ISBN 978-3-518-24070-0.OCLC 994229551.
• —— (2018).Einmal einfach : Gedichte (in German).ISBN 978-3-518-42798-9.OCLC 1020069897.
• —— (2021).Im Wald, im Holzhaus : Gedichte (in German).ISBN 978-3-518-43005-7.OCLC 1264649566.
• Morselli, Guido; Gschwend, Ragni Maria; —— (2021).Dissipatio humani generis oder Die Einsamkeit Roman (in German). Berlin: Suhrkamp Verlag.ISBN 978-3-518-22529-5.OCLC 1265001212.
• —— (2021).Im Wald, im Holzhaus : Gedichte (in German).ISBN 978-3-518-43005-7.OCLC 1264649566.
• —— (2022).Was in den zwei Wochen nach der Rückkehr aus Paris geschah : eine Erzählung (in German).ISBN 978-3-518-47230-9.OCLC 1304455326.

Wikimedia Commons has media related toMichael Krüger.

• German Poet, Novelist, and Publisher Michael Kruger (audio, interview, The Leonard Lopate Show, 2008)
• Rutten, Tim (6 February 2008)."Between the lines of a writer's life".Los Angeles Times. (Review ofThe Executor)
• (in German)Michael Krüger: Poems atLyrikline.org

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